, 1887-09-28
A WILD MAN.
A Hairy Giant Roaming About
Chugwater Valley.
Lives in An Undiscovered Cavern
in the Mountains.
Defying Efforts of Cowboys to
Effect His Capture.
FOrepaugh Bros, Circus Men, Want
the Curiosity.

the curiosity.
For fully two errs reports have reached
this city at various times that a wild man
was running at large in Chugwater valley,
about fifty miles north of this city. The
descriptions of the individual tailed in
every particular except one-as to his
height. Cowboys and Others who have
been favored with a view of the strange
creature assert that he is from seven to
twelve feet tall. None will compromise
on a figure an inch shorter than seven
feet, while some insist hat he is at least
six feet taller. All are agreed that the
savage is perfectly naked at all times and
is covered with a heavy coat of long,
black hair. While apparently devoid of
all reasoning faculties with which ordinary
men are endowed, the outcast evidently
possesses animal cunning of a very high
ord er.
That his abode is cave among the
hills surrounding Chugwater station
oil the Cheyenne & Northern is
conceded by all. The most thorough
searches instituted by surveyors, prospect
ors, ranchmen and cowboys have failed to
locate the retreat of the wild man. At
times his actions are ghost like and super
natural. The tops of the famous castle
walls are his f~avorite walks in stormy
weather. When the wind moves through
Chug valley at a terrific rate of speed,
Bud" as the weird being has been
christened by the inhabitants of the Sec
ton in which he lives, may, at times, be
seen calmly promenading over the surface
of the natural parapets.
Charles Walters. a cowboy well known
IN Laramie county, was employed upon a
ranch near Buds resort last season. He
organized an expedition for the avowed
purpose of effecting the capture of the
mailman of the mountains. The hunters
were fully equipped for the chase and
determined that their efforts should not
be fruitless. They experienced no
difficulty in locating Bud, but
he demonstrated the fact that the horse
was never toaled that he could not easily
outtravel. Walters was disguised to see
himself foiled, and ordered his men o
pursue the creature upon foot. Members
OF the posse paired off and spent the
greater part of two days in hunting Bud.
He would allow his enemies to approach
within a few hundred yards of him, whep
he would suddenly be off like a shot. The
hunters resorted to strategy and attempt
ed to surround their game, but when it
appeared almost impossible for the man
to escape, he would disappear as mysteri-
ously as he came.
Walters was a brave fellow, but very
superstitious, and the fact that a wild
man lived in the mountains within a few
miles of where he slept and ate, preyed
upon his mind. One day he quietly an
nounced that he proposed to take a shot
at the mysterious i~nhabitant of that sec
ton and ascertain to a certainty whether
Bud was a spirit or was composed Of
flesh and blood.
8The courageous cowboy allowed no one
to accompany him, and arming himself
with a long range rifle and a six.shooter,
started for the mountain S on foot. When
Walters returned he wore the air of a
man who had encountered no less a per-
sonage than old Satan himself. He was
very ~reticent concerning the particulars of
his encounter with Bud, but by dint of
diplomatic and systematic pumping he
stated that he had shot at the wild man
while the latter was standing on an emf.
nence; that Bud had uttered a wild
shrek, shook his fist at the marksman,
advanced fully 500 yards towards him in a
menacing manner, and Just as Walters
was about to fire a second shot, turned
and ran.
The incident had such an effect on Wal
tiers that he soon left the country, declar-
ing prior to his departure that the gigantic
refugee would sometime commence raid
ing ranches and numbering settlers in their
beds, although the strange apparition
never gave evidence that it was at all ag-
gressive.
Who or what this canny creature is will
doubtlessly be settled at an early date.
An expedition to be composed of fearless
and determined men is being quietly or
ganized in this city by a stranger who is
said to be an agent for Forepaugh Bros,
the circus firm. This party will leave
Cheyenne about the LIST proximo and will
cage Bud soon thereafter if the undertake
ing can possibly be accomplished.
Best Working Shoes for 81. so to be had
in the west at A. Polack's, the Clothier.